ACCESS Resource Provider Communication - September 16, 2022

Hello ACCESS Resource Provider Community!

We want to share some important info with you re. the transition to CONECTnet:

Here at the beginning of the operational phase of ACCESS, some XSEDE services are transitioning.  One of those is XSEDEnet, the operational networking peering services between ACCESS Resource Providers (RP). XSEDEnet is transitioning to CONECTnet which is its follow-on advancement, providing operational data transfer service insight and network troubleshooting insight. 

As we work with the network service provider (Internet2) to improve the peering administration and support, ACCESS Network and Data Transfer Services (NDTS) has taken over XSEDEnet and continues to operate it during the transition timeframe.  NDTS will systematically build Internet2 OESS paths working with RP Network Engineers to turn up new peerings to CONECTnet. Once these paths are verified to be operational, RP Network Engineers can modify peerings to direct traffic to CONECTnet. Once XSEDEnet has been deprecated, NDTS will communicate that it is safe to take those peerings down. We look forward to this advancement.